:hi I did the following mappings: map <F12> <ESC>:tab e ~/.vimrc<CR><C-W>_ map <S-F12> <ESC>:tab e ~/.zshrc<CR><C-W>_ I start vim without any argument and press F12
. ${HOME}/.vimrc opens but does not create an entry in the tab pages line at the top of my Vim window -- so far so nice, since it is the first file loaded and showtabline == 1. Then I press Shift-F12 . ${HOME}/.zshrc appears. This is the second file, but still no tab pages line appears. Then I do :tab h :tab and TADA! the tab pages line apears, showing "~/.zshrc" and "tabpages.txt" With :tabn I can switch to ${HOME}/.zshrc. Now the tab pages line shows "~/.zshrc" and "tabpages.txt". This is at least a little confusing (at least?) to me. What is the logic of showing/not showing a tab pages line entry ? Thank you very much in advance for any help ! Keep hacking! mcc